Guidance on assisted suicide from the RCN is long overdue
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Guidance on assisted suicide from the RCN is long overdue

Maggie Bisset Nurse consultant, Palliative care and head of nursing, Camden Provider Services, London

When the RCN switched its stance on assisted suicide from opposition to neutrality last July, we were told that guidance would be given to nurses on how to handle this sensitive issue.

Nursing Standard. 24, 36, 32-33. doi: 10.7748/ns.24.36.32.s42

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